The Congress has given up its claim on the Raiganj and Murshidabad seats, lifting the hurdle to a seat-sharing agreement with the Left Front in Bengal for the general election.Sources said the final d...

CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury has said there “is no chance” of tie-up talks with the Congress at the national level and advocated state-specific negotiations. “There is no chance of init...

The Centre is hopeful of steering through the Rajya Sabha the bill creating a 10 per cent quota for economically weaker sections (EWS) as several Opposition parties have experimented with such a reser...

A JNU professor’s wife was chased on the campus on Sunday evening but managed to barricade herself in her flat.With the attackers banging on her door, she was able to get through to Delhi police’s...

CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Sunday expressed displeasure over the way the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections had been conducted by the Election Commission.“We are totally displeased...

Andhra Pradesh chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has said the formation of an anti-BJP alliance was “the need of the hour” and that he would meet Congress president Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi on ...

At a public hearing on the Rafale deal organised by the Left in Delhi, CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury tweaked a slogan used against Rajiv Gandhi for Narendra Modi.He told the crowd: “During B...

Army chief Gen. Bipin Rawat is not known for missing a chance to shoot from the lip. The general made an exception on Saturday when he told the ANI news agency: “He was one of the main persons invol...

CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Saturday described as “preposterous” Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s suggestion that the turnout in the recent Block Development Council elections in Jamm...

CPM and CPI general secretaries Sitaram Yechury and D. Raja were detained in a Srinagar airport room and forced to return on Friday after the authorities refused to even allow them access to the city ...